***palace v pep's city official match thread***

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Take that you cockney bastards.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Scouse 1 are 90 seconds from a draw

Ft 0-0

Great news.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

Great win.
Super performance after it went to 1-1
Dominant but gritty.

[budfox]

Good day for us. A gritty win.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Watching that on a dodgy stream all I can think of how Madeley can be called a referee! Just unbelievably poor.

But what a great win with a very iffy performance. Lots of effort and with that back 4 to keep out the long ball tactic as well as they did was really good. How the hell does Wickham keep doing that against us.He's a donkey!

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Watching that on a dodgy stream all I can think of how Madeley can be called a referee! Just unbelievably poor.

But what a great win with a very iffy performance. Lots of effort and with that back 4 to keep out the long ball tactic as well as they did was really good. How the hell does Wickham keep doing that against us.He's a donkey!

'Poor' is a very generous word in the context.

[Sideshow Bob]

will we ever get a fair shake from the officials??? what will it take?

[ayrshireblue]

Wickham and Puncheon could both have been sent off without any complaint.

[aaron bond]

Great win.
Super performance after it went to 1-1
Dominant but gritty.

It was a great win, but not sure it was dominant. Palace put us under a lot of pressure and our defence looked fragile most of the game.

But it's always good to win when we don't play well. Yaya might not be the player he once was, but despite all the shit him and his agent have caused, I hope he can still deliver on occasions for us in his final year.

[Spurge]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Great win.
Super performance after it went to 1-1
Dominant but gritty.

It was a great win, but not sure it was dominant. Palace put us under a lot of pressure and our defence looked fragile most of the game.

But it's always good to win when we don't play well. Yaya might not be the player he once was, but despite all the shit him and his agent have caused, I hope he can still deliver on occasions for us in his final year.

I agree after it went to 1.1 we upped our game and played some decent stuff to get the win and a deserved win too.Yes the defence didn't look very solid but it's never easy when the long ball comes out and the best header of the ball has already gone off.

Pep I am sure will be very very happy with the result but with some concerns at the same time.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

Great win.
Super performance after it went to 1-1
Dominant but gritty.

It was a great win, but not sure it was dominant. Palace put us under a lot of pressure and our defence looked fragile most of the game.

But it's always good to win when we don't play well. Yaya might not be the player he once was, but despite all the shit him and his agent have caused, I hope he can still deliver on occasions for us in his final year.

It's true to say it wasn't dominant overall, but I was specifying from when they equalised. We were under pressure, conceded and could have capitulated. Instead we got hold of the game and went looking for the winner. We looked like scoring without being feeble at the back.

[Sparklehorse]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

There is a video of YouTube about 45 mins long of all Ya Ya's best moments....what a player this guy was/is ? I will stick my neck out and say the greatest attacking midfielder we have had since Bell and the greatest midfielder of the Premier League era. The only one that comes close is Lampard, but he just didn't possess the skills Ya Ya has....brilliant but in a different way.
Slippy, the grossly overrated one, not anywhere near.
I am pleased for him, he has obviously been training hard and has earned his place and yet again produced the goods when it matters.

[mr_nool]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

There is a video of YouTube about 45 mins long of all Ya Ya's best moments....what a player this guy was/is ? I will stick my neck out and say the greatest attacking midfielder we have had since Bell and the greatest midfielder of the Premier League era. The only one that comes close is Lampard, but he just didn't possess the skills Ya Ya has....brilliant but in a different way.
Slippy, the grossly overrated one, not anywhere near.
I am pleased for him, he has obviously been training hard and has earned his place and yet again produced the goods when it matters.

He did look fitter than he has for a couple of years.

[PrezIke]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

There is a video of YouTube about 45 mins long of all Ya Ya's best moments....what a player this guy was/is ? I will stick my neck out and say the greatest attacking midfielder we have had since Bell and the greatest midfielder of the Premier League era. The only one that comes close is Lampard, but he just didn't possess the skills Ya Ya has....brilliant but in a different way.
Slippy, the grossly overrated one, not anywhere near.
I am pleased for him, he has obviously been training hard and has earned his place and yet again produced the goods when it matters.

He did look fitter than he has for a couple of years.

Ran over 10k today as well. How about that?

[South Stand Balti]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

There is a video of YouTube about 45 mins long of all Ya Ya's best moments....what a player this guy was/is ? I will stick my neck out and say the greatest attacking midfielder we have had since Bell and the greatest midfielder of the Premier League era. The only one that comes close is Lampard, but he just didn't possess the skills Ya Ya has....brilliant but in a different way.
Slippy, the grossly overrated one, not anywhere near.
I am pleased for him, he has obviously been training hard and has earned his place and yet again produced the goods when it matters.

Ive said this many times on this forum...Yaya is the best player I have ever seen. I've been watching city for 38 years.

[Sparklehorse]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

There is a video of YouTube about 45 mins long of all Ya Ya's best moments....what a player this guy was/is ? I will stick my neck out and say the greatest attacking midfielder we have had since Bell and the greatest midfielder of the Premier League era. The only one that comes close is Lampard, but he just didn't possess the skills Ya Ya has....brilliant but in a different way.
Slippy, the grossly overrated one, not anywhere near.
I am pleased for him, he has obviously been training hard and has earned his place and yet again produced the goods when it matters.

Ive said this many times on this forum...Yaya is the best player I have ever seen. I've been watching city for 38 years.

+1 mate....+1

[Mase]

Yaya - African player of the year? Good to see his team mates so happy for him. Can this be a Tevez style return from exile I wonder - we won the league that season.

There is a video of YouTube about 45 mins long of all Ya Ya's best moments....what a player this guy was/is ? I will stick my neck out and say the greatest attacking midfielder we have had since Bell and the greatest midfielder of the Premier League era. The only one that comes close is Lampard, but he just didn't possess the skills Ya Ya has....brilliant but in a different way.
Slippy, the grossly overrated one, not anywhere near.
I am pleased for him, he has obviously been training hard and has earned his place and yet again produced the goods when it matters.

Ive said this many times on this forum...Yaya is the best player I have ever seen. I've been watching city for 38 years.

+1 mate....+1

The problem is it's usually when HE wants to be.

[dazby]

Does Connor Wickham score against anyone else?

[Dubaimancityfan]

Welcome back Yaya. Says it all !!